Agusan Valley

Prospect in Philippines with commodities Gold, Platinum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097109
MRDS ID M046472
Record type Site
Current site name Agusan Valley
Alternate or previous names Agusan River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 125.66588, 8.83406 (WGS84)
Relative position 60 MILES SOUTH OF SURIGAO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Philippines(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Philippines

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Secondary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PT FOUND IN MINUTE FLATTENED GRAINS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Platinum Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) 125.66588, 8.83406

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mindanao Island

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IMPERIAL INSTITUTE, 1936, PT AND ALLIED METALS: MIN. RES. DEPT. LONDON, P. 114

  • Deposit

    QUIRING, 1962, DIE METALLISCHEN ROHSTOFFE: PLATINMETALLE 16 BAND, ENKE VERLAG STUTTGART, P. 162

  • Deposit

    KUNZ, 1922, PLATINUM: MIN. IND. V. 31, P. 569 - 580

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1976 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.